What is the difference between hand ringworm and eczema

Many people are too busy with work to take care of their physical condition, but suddenly one day they find something abnormal in their body. For example, many people have reported that they have small bumps between their fingers, accompanied by various symptoms such as redness, itching, peeling, and swelling. These are signals the body sends to itself. It is well known that this condition is likely to be tinea manuum or eczema, but many people often confuse the two. So what is the difference between tinea manuum and eczema?

Itching is a common feature of both and can be easily misdiagnosed.

Many patients are not clear about the difference between eczema and tinea pedis because they have common characteristics. Their typical symptoms are itchy, peeling, redness and swelling of the skin, and they recur repeatedly and do not heal for a long time.

Differences

1 Eczema is an inflammatory allergic reaction of the skin with severe itching caused by various internal and external factors. Patients are often allergic. It is caused by the hands often coming into contact with various external allergens, such as disinfectants, detergents, chemical products, etc.

2 Ringworm is caused by dermatophytes infection on the flexor surface of the fingers, between the fingers and on the palm side of the hand, and the thumb is often the first part to be affected. It gets worse in spring and summer and is significantly relieved in autumn and winter.

symptom

Eczema: It is generally caused by allergies, especially some chronic eczemas, whose symptoms are recurrent, polymorphic and diverse, and are accompanied by exudation, crusting and cortical hyperplasia. Eczema is an allergic reaction and is generally not contagious. The rash occurs symmetrically, appearing as dark red spots. The skin surface is dry and rough, and may also be keratinized and hypertrophic. It is often accompanied by cracking in winter, with varying degrees of itching, and pain when the skin cracks. Erosion and exudation are prone to occur when in contact with allergens. Customers with a long course of illness often have "onychomycosis" lesions, with dirty, yellow and turbid nail plates, hypertrophy, brittleness, irregular pits, longitudinal ridges, and atrophy on the surface, and redness and swelling of the skin around the nail. Care should be taken to differentiate it from onychomycosis, and antifungal drugs should not be used for treatment.

Ringworm: The rash usually occurs unilaterally and mainly manifests as flaky erythema. Blisters may appear in these areas in the summer. After the blisters dry, they form ring-shaped scales, with varying degrees of inflammation and itching. It is often accompanied by severe tinea pedis or onychomycosis.

Precautions: There are many types of skin diseases. You must be careful to distinguish them and not treat them blindly. Only symptomatic treatment can get rid of the disease as soon as possible.